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Photograph of Smithfield Public Library
Photograph by Tricia Simpson, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Smithfield Public Library

Built in 1921 (Prairie School architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

From the record

“Main St. in Smithfield, Utah, is a Carnegie library which was built in 1921. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.”

Wikipedia article Smithfield Public Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 80 National Register listings published here for Cache County · listed in 1981 · category: Building · built in 1921, Prairie School architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 25 N. Main St., Smithfield, 84335
  • When was it listed? February 1981
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Smithfield
  • When was it built? 1921
  • Architectural style. Prairie School architecture
  • National Register reference number. 81000580 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Smithfield Public Library between 1992 and 2020, burning about 804 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning7
Fireworks7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Firearms and explosives use1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCENTERVILLE V
22 September 2019Firearms and explosives useunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeHYDE PARK CANYON
16 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeDRY HOLLOW
8 August 1998Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCIRCLE VIEW
8 August 1998Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHYDE PARK LANE
8 August 1998Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsROCKING R
7 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMENDANHALL
6 August 2006Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands218

Every fire recorded in Cache County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Smithfield Public Library: 4 producers, 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Smithfield Canyon ClaimCopperOccurrenceMalachite
Smithfield Canyon ClaimCopperPast Producer
State Highway Dept No 3009Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut. Dept of Highways Pit No. 03011Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut. Dept. of Highways Pit No 03012Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSurface
Ut. Dept. of Highways Pit No. 03009Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Utah Dept of Highways Pit # 03005Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Highway Dept No 3011Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Highway Dept No 3012Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cache County

Storms near this property

12 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smithfield, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSmithfield$5,000Public social media pictures showing large trees downed.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSmithfield$1,000Six inch diameter limbs were downed from strong winds in Smithfield.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindSmithfield$1,000no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-The Crow Mountain mesonet station recorded an initial strong wind gust of 58 mph at 12:40 pm MST, followed by a subsequent peak wind gust of 68 mph at 1:20 pm MST, and a final strong gust of 67 mph at 1:30 pm MST. These wind gusts were the result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-The Crow Mountain mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-The Crow Mountain mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-The Crow Mountain mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 77 mph as a result of a convective section of a cold frontal boundary advancing through the area.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-A wind gust of 74 mph was recorded at the Crow Mountain mesonet site.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-The Crow Mountain mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 62 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-The PacifiCorp Crow Mountain mesnonet station measured a wind gust of 59 mph at 8:10 pm MST as a result of nearby thunderstorms.
September 2019HailSmithfield-Quarter-sized hail was reported near Smithfield.
September 2019HailSmithfield-Quarter-sized hail was reported near Smithfield.

Every storm recorded in Cache County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Samuel and Lana Ewing House0.5 miles1994
Douglas General Mercantile0.6 miles1982
Smithfield Tithing Office0.6 miles1985
Smithfield Tabernacle-Youth Center0.7 miles2017
John E. Lee House2.6 miles1982
Hattie Merrill Morrison Farmstead4.1 miles2004

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 81000580 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cache CountyAll 80 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.